Riverbend Center for Mental Health shall provide the residents of Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale counties access to a comprehensive array of professional medical and rehabilitative services for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, substance abuse, and emotional conditions.

Welcome to the website of the Riverbend Center. Thank you for visiting our site and we hope you find the information you need. Our goal is to provide the best possible care and services.

Established in 1950, Riverbend provides a variety of mental health, substance abuse, and psychiatric services to citizens of Northwest Alabama. Riverbend is a locally operated, public not-for-profit facility serving over 7,500 clients each year throughout Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale counties.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

As a recipient of Federal financial assistance, Riverbend Center for Mental Health does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities, whether carried out by Riverbend Center for Mental Health directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Riverbend Center for Mental Health arranges to carry out its programs and activities. Riverbend will not discriminate against any person receiving health services because of his/her inability to pay for services. Health services will be provided at a reduced charge based upon the sliding fee scale.

This statement is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 80, 94, and 91.